11/26
We’re back on the high seas at 15.25 degrees north, 98.02 degrees west.
We spent 48 hours in Acapulco and jam-packed it with wacky little adventures. Our very rusty Spanish got us through, for the most part. Restaurant menus seem to be our downfall. We had a bite last evening with another cruiser, and he ended up ordering an onion (cooked, of course). Bruce had a bowl of hot, greasy cheese, which he poured onto tortillas. And I (the smartest one) stuck with tacos.
We've got a few weeks out here before we get to Panama, which will give us a chance to practice the language before we get into some serious trouble.
We met two other boats who left San Diego when we did. They each told us they had 8 nights ashore, while we were out dueling a hurricane. One of the boats is owned by a retired guy who’s taking his boat to Belize and building a bed and breakfast observatory in Bolivia. He loves the night-watches so he can look at the light show in the sky.
It's a bit hard to get going again, especially after the beating we took at sea. There’s a new weather system we're watching carefully, because the next hurdle is the Gulf of Tehuantepec, an enormous bay famous for wicked winds that blow from the land. We're hoping for no wind so we can motor past the place at high speed for two days.
It's turtle-town out here. I bet we saw 30 jumbo sea turtles yesterday, and that's just in the tiny path of our boat.
Panama here we come ...
Jan and Bruce
We spent 48 hours in Acapulco and jam-packed it with wacky little adventures. Our very rusty Spanish got us through, for the most part. Restaurant menus seem to be our downfall. We had a bite last evening with another cruiser, and he ended up ordering an onion (cooked, of course). Bruce had a bowl of hot, greasy cheese, which he poured onto tortillas. And I (the smartest one) stuck with tacos.
We've got a few weeks out here before we get to Panama, which will give us a chance to practice the language before we get into some serious trouble.
We met two other boats who left San Diego when we did. They each told us they had 8 nights ashore, while we were out dueling a hurricane. One of the boats is owned by a retired guy who’s taking his boat to Belize and building a bed and breakfast observatory in Bolivia. He loves the night-watches so he can look at the light show in the sky.
It's a bit hard to get going again, especially after the beating we took at sea. There’s a new weather system we're watching carefully, because the next hurdle is the Gulf of Tehuantepec, an enormous bay famous for wicked winds that blow from the land. We're hoping for no wind so we can motor past the place at high speed for two days.
It's turtle-town out here. I bet we saw 30 jumbo sea turtles yesterday, and that's just in the tiny path of our boat.
Panama here we come ...
Jan and Bruce
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